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describe_instance_image_metadata

Operation

describe_instance_image_metadata async 

describe_instance_image_metadata(input: DescribeInstanceImageMetadataInput, plugins: list[Plugin] | None = None) -> DescribeInstanceImageMetadataOutput

Describes the AMI that was used to launch an instance, even if the AMI is deprecated, deregistered, made private (no longer public or shared with your account), or not allowed.

If you specify instance IDs, the output includes information for only the specified instances. If you specify filters, the output includes information for only those instances that meet the filter criteria. If you do not specify instance IDs or filters, the output includes information for all instances, which can affect performance.

If you specify an instance ID that is not valid, an instance that doesn't exist, or an instance that you do not own, an error (InvalidInstanceID.NotFound) is returned.

Recently terminated instances might appear in the returned results. This interval is usually less than one hour.

In the rare case where an Availability Zone is experiencing a service disruption and you specify instance IDs that are in the affected Availability Zone, or do not specify any instance IDs at all, the call fails. If you specify only instance IDs that are in an unaffected Availability Zone, the call works normally.

Note

The order of the elements in the response, including those within nested structures, might vary. Applications should not assume the elements appear in a particular order.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
input DescribeInstanceImageMetadataInput

An instance of DescribeInstanceImageMetadataInput.

 required
plugins list[Plugin] | None

A list of callables that modify the configuration dynamically. Changes made by these plugins only apply for the duration of the operation execution and will not affect any other operation invocations.

 None

Returns:

Type Description
DescribeInstanceImageMetadataOutput

An instance of DescribeInstanceImageMetadataOutput.

Input

DescribeInstanceImageMetadataInput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Dataclass for DescribeInstanceImageMetadataInput structure.

Attributes

dry_run class-attribute instance-attribute 
dry_run: bool | None = ...

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

filters class-attribute instance-attribute 
filters: list[Filter] | None = ...

The filters.

  • availability-zone - The name of the Availability Zone (for example, us-west-2a) or Local Zone (for example, us-west-2-lax-1b) of the instance.

  • instance-id - The ID of the instance.

  • image-allowed - A Boolean that indicates whether the image meets the criteria specified for Allowed AMIs.

  • instance-state-name - The state of the instance (pending | running | shutting-down | terminated | stopping | stopped).

  • instance-type - The type of instance (for example, t3.micro).

  • launch-time - The time when the instance was launched, in the ISO 8601 format in the UTC time zone (YYYY-MM-DDThh🇲🇲ss.sssZ), for example, 2023-09-29T11:04:43.305Z. You can use a wildcard (*), for example, 2023-09-29T*, which matches an entire day.

  • owner-alias - The owner alias (amazon | aws-marketplace | aws-backup-vault). The valid aliases are defined in an Amazon-maintained list. This is not the Amazon Web Services account alias that can be set using the IAM console. We recommend that you use the Owner request parameter instead of this filter.

  • owner-id - The Amazon Web Services account ID of the owner. We recommend that you use the Owner request parameter instead of this filter.

  • tag:``<key> - The key/value combination of a tag assigned to the resource. Use the tag key in the filter name and the tag value as the filter value. For example, to find all resources that have a tag with the key Owner and the value TeamA, specify tag:Owner for the filter name and TeamA for the filter value.

  • tag-key - The key of a tag assigned to the resource. Use this filter to find all resources assigned a tag with a specific key, regardless of the tag value.

  • zone-id - The ID of the Availability Zone (for example, usw2-az2) or Local Zone (for example, usw2-lax1-az1) of the instance.

instance_ids class-attribute instance-attribute 
instance_ids: list[str] | None = ...

The instance IDs.

If you don't specify an instance ID or filters, the output includes information for all instances.

max_results class-attribute instance-attribute 
max_results: int | None = ...

The maximum number of items to return for this request. To get the next page of items, make another request with the token returned in the output. For more information, see Pagination.

Default: 1000

next_token class-attribute instance-attribute 
next_token: str | None = ...

The token returned from a previous paginated request. Pagination continues from the end of the items returned by the previous request.

Output

DescribeInstanceImageMetadataOutput dataclass

Bases: _SerdeShape

Dataclass for DescribeInstanceImageMetadataOutput structure.

Attributes

instance_image_metadata class-attribute instance-attribute 
instance_image_metadata: list[InstanceImageMetadata] | None = ...

Information about the instance and the AMI used to launch the instance.

next_token class-attribute instance-attribute 
next_token: str | None = ...

The token to include in another request to get the next page of items. This value is null when there are no more items to return.

response_metadata class-attribute instance-attribute 
response_metadata: ResponseMetadata = ...

Metadata about the response that produced this output. Use this to recover the request identifiers a service's support team needs in order to investigate a call. Members of the metadata are individually optional.